With Christmas just around the corner many of the independent soup kitchen groups are running Christmas appeals. The appeals vary from group to group but mainly the are asking for donations of shoe boxes full of useful items for the homeless community. Toiletries, gloves, scarfs, hats, socks, underwear, face wipes, snacks, blankets, sleeping bags, ground mats, t-shirts, bags and back packs are all vital.
Several of the groups are holding a special Christmas meal night where they are providing special festive food for the homeless community and giving out gifts and shoe boxes or packages received from their appeals. Read on below to see a selection of the appeals being ran by the various groups.
Hope in the Darkness are holding their Christmas Dinner on Thursday 21st of December at 8pm at the GPO. They will be cooking turkey & hams that have been very kindly donated by the Bridge Butchers on Cardifsbridge Road.
They are appealing for donations of vouchers in order to be able to pass these on to homeless families who are living in hotels & BnB’s over the Christmas. As with a lot of emergency and temporary accommodation families are asked to leave their rooms early n the morning and not return until later in the night. Cinema, restaurant or One For All Vouchers would go a long way to helping these families and prevent them from walking the streets all day in the cold.
If you would like to donate a voucher to Hope In The Darkeness you can drop them into their table at the GPO on Wednesday, Thursday or Sunday nights or contact them through their Facebook page for postal address.
https://www.facebook.com/A-Lending-Hand-Monday-nights-101732673493965/
A Lending Hand Monday Night
A Lending Hand Monday night operate every Monday at the old Central Bank on Dame St. The group currently have a ‘blue token tube’ in Tesco’s Clarehall. When you finish your shopping you are given a token and can choose which charity to support. All tokens put into the groups tube will be converted to cash that is then donated to their butcher account.
If you would like to donate to their butcher account directly you can find all the information here.
https://www.facebook.com/A-Lending-Hand-Monday-nights-101732673493965/
A Christmas Gift for the Homeless
A Christmas Gift for the Homeless are an initiate that have created a Facebook page in aid of generating voucher donations for themeless this Christmas time. The group are asking people to make a donation of a voucher for a coffee shop or McDonald’s/Burger King/KFC etc where a homeless person may be able to get a cup of tea or coffee to warm themselves up on these freezing cold days.
If you would like to donate tot he campaign you can contact the team at the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/achristmasboxforthehomeless/
HIGH HOPES Helping Dublin's Homeless
This year the High Hopes team are appealing for a slight alternative to the traditional shoe boxes. Instead they are asking people to make their donations in a small suit case on wheel. Allowing a homeless person to carry their belongings around the city with dignity. The following is suggested for the bags: Sleeping bags, ground mats, back packs, Hats, Scarfs, gloves, fleeces, track suit bottoms, jumpers, runners, socks, underwear, t-shirts, deodorants, razors, wipes and some nice Christmas goodies.
For full contact details for all of the independent soup kitchens feeding Dublin’s homeless community have a look at the Contact page on the #IHSKDublin website.
